Kotkamills CEO is pleased about collaboration with Lavazza Professional

January 24, 2020

Packaging Solutions Green Solutions

After the announcement that Kotkamills, a manufacturer of fully recyclable barrier boards, has signed a significant collaboration agreement with Lavazza Professional, Kotkamills CEO Markku Hämäläinen said, ‘We share a goal to substantially increase recycling.’

As a result of the collaboration, Lavazza Professional launched the new Klix Eco Cup, a special Kotkamills’ eco friendly cup made from Isla food service board.

‘We are pleased about the collaboration with Lavazza Professional. The company is a frontrunner in bringing eco friendly solutions to the beverage vending sector, and they are ambitiously striving to implement a model of sustainability that responds to the challenge of reducing plastic in the next couple of years. This kind of collaboration partner is ideal for us,’ commented Markku Hämäläinen.

The barrier property of the Kotkamills’ food service board is based on a water based dispersion coating, eliminating the need for a separate polyethylene (PE) coating. Therefore, the cups do not have to be processed at a recycling plant – instead, they are recyclable with normal paper waste, like office paper.

‘We share a goal of deeply rooting the eco friendly way of thinking and to substantially increase recycling,’ added Markku.

Kotkamills also recently announced collaboration with Norwich City Football Club. Teemu Pukki, a forward on the Finnish national team, plays for Norwich City FC, which announced that it will replace single use plastic cups with eco friendlier alternatives starting next season.

‘In Great Britain an active discussion on restrictions and legislative actions reducing the use of single use plastics is ongoing. It is great to have partners who are moving towards a more sustainable era by using recyclable fibre based products instead of single use plastics,’ said Markku.